STAR WARS: EPISODE I: RACER ARTICLES

September 10, 2008 - The same month principle photography finished on Return of the Jedi, winding his legendary saga down for the foreseeable future, George Lucas approached video game giant Atari with a proposal. The Atari 2600, launched just five months after Star Wars premiered, owned the relatively new home video game market. Lucas wanted to diversify his company's already-impressive portfolio. It was a perfect fit. LucasFilm Games split off from the main company in May 1982, and immediately started developing for the more advanced Atari 5200 and Atari 800 consoles... none of which were based on the Star Wars trilogy. Exclusive license to produce Star Wars games would be sold to outside companies for years to come.

April 5, 2000 - Overall, Episode 1 Racer isn't the worst Star Wars game, but the graphics are nowhere near the level that is expected on the Dreamcast, and there isn't really anything here that we haven't already played on the N64 and PC.